Time Variance Calculations

In PSA, you can calculate time variance at the regionClosed A level of hierarchy used in PSA to which other objects belong such as resources, opportunities and projects., practiceClosed A level of hierarchy used in PSA to which other objects belong such as resources, opportunities and projects., and groupClosed A level of hierarchy used in PSA to which other objects belong such as resources, opportunities and projects. level between a resource's work calendar hours and the logged hours by users. You can use these calculations to build reports tracking deviations between hours on a resource's work calendar and a resource's timecard hours.

Note:
You can recalculate or update the already calculated time variance for the same Region, Practice, Group, or week. The existing time variance detail record is deleted if the variance hours are zero and if not, it is updated with the latest variance hours and time variance calculation.

If you have the privileges to do so, you can define a threshold of time variance over or under scheduled resource hours based on the work calendar.

You can then calculate the time variance using either:

  • the number of hours over or under hours worked compared against the hours in the work calendar, or:
  • a percentage of hours worked over or under the hours in the work calendar.
Note:

Time variance creates records for all resources associated with the given region, practice, or group unless the Resource (Contact) is excluded by checking the "Exclude from Time Variance Calculations" field.

If a timecard does not have a status defined in the time-variance-timecard-status Timecard configuration option, or a resource does not have a timecard, the time variance calculation uses a zero-hour record to represent hours worked to compare against hours scheduled in the work calendar.

For more information on excluding resources from time variance calculations, see Excluding Resources from Time Variance Calculations.

For more information, see Time Variance Settings.

Clicking the Time Variance Calculations tab displays the Time Variance Calculation home page. .
  • In the View section, select an appropriate list view from the drop-down list to go directly to that list page, or click Create New View to define your own custom list view. List views let you display a list of records that match specific criteria.
  • In the Recent section, select an item from the drop-down list to display a brief list of the top records matching that criteria. The choices are listed in the table.
  • From the list, you can click the name of any missing timecard record to go directly to its detail.
  • Click New Time Variance Calculation to create a new time variance calculation.
Recent Choice   Description
Recently Viewed   The last 10 or 25 records you viewed, with the most recently viewed item listed first. This list is derived from your recent items and includes records owned by you and other users.
Recently Created   The last 10 or 25 records you created, with the most recently created item listed first. This list only includes records owned by you.
Recently Modified   The last 10 or 25 records you updated, with the most recently updated item listed first. This list only includes records owned by you.